NYSE:GVA - Granite Construction Stock Price, Forecast & News

Granite Construction trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "GVA."

Granite Construction announced a quarterly dividend on Friday, December 6th. Investors of record on Tuesday, December 31st will be paid a dividend of $0.13 per share on Wednesday, January 15th. This represents a $0.52 annualized dividend and a yield of 1.94%. The ex-dividend date is Monday, December 30th. View Granite Construction's Dividend History.

Granite Construction Inc. (NYSE:GVA) released its earnings results on Friday, October, 25th. The construction company reported $0.43 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $1.41 by $0.98. The construction company had revenue of $1.09 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $1.15 billion. Granite Construction had a negative net margin of 3.11% and a negative return on equity of 4.63%. The firm's quarterly revenue was up 3.1% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period last year, the company earned $1.43 EPS. View Granite Construction's Earnings History.

Granite Construction is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, February 19th 2020. View Earnings Estimates for Granite Construction.

4 brokerages have issued twelve-month price targets for Granite Construction's shares. Their forecasts range from $26.00 to $61.00. On average, they anticipate Granite Construction's share price to reach $39.50 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 47.3% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Granite Construction.

4 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Granite Construction in the last year. There are currently 1 sell rating, 2 hold ratings and 1 buy rating for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for Granite Construction.

Press coverage about GVA stock has been trending extremely negative recently, according to InfoTrie. The research group rates the sentiment of media coverage by analyzing more than six thousand blog and news sources. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Granite Construction earned a coverage optimism score of -4.5 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news headlines about the construction company a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, meaning that recent media coverage is extremely likely to have an effect on the company's share price in the near term. View News Stories for Granite Construction.

Granite Construction saw a increase in short interest in the month of January. As of January 15th, there was short interest totalling 7,840,000 shares, an increase of 29.4% from the December 31st total of 6,060,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 1,090,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 7.2 days. Currently, 16.9% of the shares of the company are sold short. View Granite Construction's Current Options Chain.

Some companies that are related to Granite Construction include Jacobs Engineering Group (JEC), Aecom (ACM), Quanta Services (PWR), Emcor Group (EME), MasTec (MTZ), KBR (KBR), Fluor Co. (NEW) (FLR), Comfort Systems USA (FIX), Dycom Industries (DY), Primoris Services (PRIM), Ameresco (AMRC), Great Lakes Dredge & Dock (GLDD), Aegion (AEGN), Argan (AGX) and Tutor Perini (TPC).

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Granite Construction's stock is owned by a variety of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include Tributary Capital Management LLC (0.99%), New York State Teachers Retirement System (0.18%), First National Bank of Omaha (0.18%), Zeke Capital Advisors LLC (0.11%), Zurcher Kantonalbank Zurich Cantonalbank (0.08%) and State of Alaska Department of Revenue (0.08%). Company insiders that own Granite Construction stock include Claes Bjork, David H Kelsey, Desai Jigisha, James Hildebrand Roberts, Kristen O Jesulaitis, Kyle T Larkin and Patricia D Galloway. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Granite Construction.

GVA stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Tributary Capital Management LLC, First National Bank of Omaha, Tompkins Financial Corp and Zurcher Kantonalbank Zurich Cantonalbank . View Insider Buying and Selling for Granite Construction.

GVA stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including State of Alaska Department of Revenue, New York State Teachers Retirement System, Louisiana State Employees Retirement System and Zeke Capital Advisors LLC. Company insiders that have bought Granite Construction stock in the last two years include Claes Bjork, David H Kelsey, Desai Jigisha, James Hildebrand Roberts, Kristen O Jesulaitis, Kyle T Larkin and Patricia D Galloway. View Insider Buying and Selling for Granite Construction.

Shares of GVA can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of GVA stock can currently be purchased for approximately $26.81.

Granite Construction has a market capitalization of $1.25 billion and generates $3.32 billion in revenue each year. The construction company earns $42.41 million in net income (profit) each year or $2.34 on an earnings per share basis. Granite Construction employs 5,700 workers across the globe.View Additional Information About Granite Construction.

The official website for Granite Construction is http://www.graniteconstruction.com/.

Granite Construction's mailing address is 585 WEST BEACH ST, WATSONVILLE CA, 95076. The construction company can be reached via phone at 831-724-1011 or via email at [email protected]